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"Liberal whites are the greatest enemy of African Americans."
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"When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic."
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"One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife."
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"The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival."
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"There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago."
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"Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place."
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"There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is."
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"Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate."
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"I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American."
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"I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist."
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"Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables."
Man
"The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it."
Music
"The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things."
Respect
"I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it."
Heart
"I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers."
Help
"For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death."
Death
"If I could read it, I could play it."
Play
"I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself."
Movies
"People don't slip. Time catches up with them."
Time
"I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money."
Business
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